Diagnosis Code: 473.1

Short Description: Chr frontal sinusitis

Long Description: Chronic frontal sinusitis

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
  • Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (470-478)
    • 473 Chronic sinusitis
      • 473.1 Chr frontal sinusitis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 473.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • frontal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

• Degeneration, degenerative
  • nasal sinus (mucosa) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • frontal 473.1

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • frontal sinus (chronic) 473.1
    • acute 461.1

• Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
  • frontal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

• Fistula (sinus) 686.9
  • frontal sinus (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • frontal sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • frontal (chronic) (sinus) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

• Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
  • frontal sinus (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

• Sinusitis (accessory) (nasal) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent) (chronic) 473.9
  • frontal 473.1
    • acute 461.1

• Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition
  • frontal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 473.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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